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MOSES R. TURNER AND ROBERT G. KIRBY, OF ADAMS, INDIANA.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 544,801, dated August20, 1895.

Application filed May 2'7, 1895. Serial No. 550,885. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, MOSES R. TURNER and ROBERT G. KIRBY, citizens ofthe United States, residing at Adams, in the county of Decatur andStateof Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pumps;and we do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the.

invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and expended, and ofsimple and inexpensive manner ofconstruction.

A further object is to provide a pump hav ing a double-action principlecontained in one cylinder capable of being operated when immersed inwater or above the supply, as may be'desired.

A still further object is to provide a doubleaction pump of cylindricalform having no projections on its outer sides, which may be lowered intoa well having a pipe-casing to any depth required and be operated easilyfrom the top of well. 7

We have aimed to make the subject of our invention of few parts and ofsuch simple construction as to insure durability and economy in use andcheapness of construction.

With these objects in View the invention still further consists ofcertain novel details of construction and arrangement of parts, to behereinafter more fully described, and pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the drawings accompanying, Figure 1 represents ourinvention in a vertical sectional view, with broken connection betweenpump and handle or lever. Fig. 2 is a plan of inside of upper cylinderhead or cap A, showing walls of cylinder L and tube or inner chamber fincross-section; Fig. 3, a 'plan of upper piston B and walls of cylinder Land tube'f in cross-section; Fig. 4, a plan of piston. plate or followerO and walls of cylinder L and tube fin cross-section, and Fig. 5 a planof yoke or spider D. Fig. 6 is an enlarged half-sectional view ofportion of cylinder, showing pistons and check-valves thereon.

In practical operationthe cylinder is immersed, or pipes connecting atbottom near F and at top at m or have theirlower ends immersed. In theposition shown in Fig. l the piston E is at the upper extremity of itsstroke, the lower portion of chamber G having been filled by suctionthrough trap-valve n and retained there by same.- The pistons E and B,connected together by means of the yoke D and rods e e, then descend,allowing the lower portion of chamber G to empty into the upper portionthrough suitable openings and trap-valves in packed piston E. Thisliquid, being unable to escape downward,

forces that in the upper portion of cylinder to discharge through innerprojecting tubeffrom its opening an upward and out of the pump. The sameaction of the pistons produces a suction by the packed piston B, whichfills with liquid or air the upper portion of cylinder G throughtrap-valves m m, said valves holding it there from escape. Piston B hasan opening in its center, through which the tube or inner chamberfpassesand against which and outer walls LL it is packed by suitable cup-shapedleather packings similar to that in the piston, as generally used. Thepistons now being at the lower extremity of their stroke they ascend,expelling the fluid through the opening at as, as before, while at thesame time the fluid in the upper portion of G passes through thevalve-openings 0 in piston B and is forced to be discharged, the samemotion fillingthe lower portion of G and completing the stroke anddouble-action effect of the pump. (It is to be understood that this pumpwill work equally as well whether it takes water from one or both ends.)

It will be manifest to a skilled mechanic that details of constructionmay be variously modified within the limits of our invention withoutchanging the mode of action. Having thus described our invention, whatwe claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination of apump, having acylinder, two pistons connected,with valves in same so arranged as to prevent the escape of a fluid frombetween said pistons toward either end of cylinder; a projecting tube orinner chamber ofcylinder permanently fixed and suspended from one headof cylinder; a packed piston having openings in its center to receivesaid tube, the whole being so constructed and arranged as to permit ofsame being submerged into theliquid to be pumped, substantially asshown.

2. In a pumphavingavertical cylinder for drawing and discharging fluid,the combination of the receiving valves at each end of cylinderconnected to the inside of heads thereof; the piston E, having suitablecheck valve upon its upper side, attached to an actuating piston rod;the annular piston B encircling tube f and having suitable check valvesupon its lower side, connected to piston E by suitable means; the yoke Dcentrally attached to the actuating piston-rod near piston E andconnected to tie-rods e e; the tierods 6 6 connected at their lower endsto the yoke D and at their upper ends to the piston B; the follower 0attached to piston B; and the discharge tube f, attached to andsuspended from the inner side of the upper cylinder head A, said tubebeing finished smooth on its outer surface, permitting the packedannular piston B surrounding it to move along its length while beingwater tight; and an actuating piston-rod connected at its lower end withpiston E and passing through tube f to a connection at top of well forthe purpose of receiving a reciprocating motion and power from a leveror motor, substantially as and for the purpose shown and described.

3. The combination, in a pump, of the cylinderL L havinginlet valves ateach end; the projecting inner tubefsecured to the inner side of uppercylinder head, and an annular packed valve piston surrounding andworking over and around said tube; the pistons E and B, connected at asuitable distance apart by means of the yoke D and tie-rods e and thewhole to an actuating pistonrod passing through the said suspended innertube, so that both of said pistons have a simultaneous motion,substantially as and for the purpose shown and described.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presence of twowitnesses.

MOSES R. TURNER. ROBERT G. KIRBY. Witnesses:

JNo. E. MULL, A. WEHR.

